Cordage hitching device



C. W. BAUER.

oRDAQE HITCHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAH.3I,19-22.

l ,426, 5 3 '7. Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

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CORDAQGEHITCl-IING DEVICES Y'.

i lSpeeication of Letters Patent.

r `.411511110911011 mea March 31,1922.' serieu `No.:54a2eo.

T o all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER W. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have .cordage for connective or binding purposes,

etc.,-the invention consisting in the specific arrangement and configuration of parts .described and claimed in a unitary structure, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, I have exemplified a practical embodiment of the essential features of my cordagev hitching device on a scale and thickness adapted for use in connection with .rope or heavy cord, with the understanding that I do not limit myself in this respect, since the device may be made of different sizes, and thicknesses, in accordance with the various requirements and exigencies of use to which it is to be applied, as for instance, smaller and thinner for use as a string or twine coupling for commercial purposes, or bigger and thicker for use in conjunction with ropes of larger sizes.

'With this understanding, y

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of, my coupling or hitch plate;

Fig. 2, is a like view showing a slight modification in the form thereof;

Fig. 3, is an edge view thereof looking in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. l;

Fig. 4, is a section taken upon plane of line 4 4, Fig. l; l

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device as` connected with a heavy cord or rope, and vpreparatory to the hitching of the latter;

Fig. 6, is a similar view showing the bight wind of the cord or rope;

Fig. 7, is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 6. p

My coupling plate C, is preferably metallic, especially for use in conjunction with ropes and coarse cording where strength is essential, although for lighter utilities, as for employment with binding cord, twine,

etc., other material may be used in its formation.` It is preferably fiat, or substan tially so, and formed withvthe initial eyelet holes e, e', through which the preliminary threading of the cordage le, is effected, and with a primary bight recess b, in substantial alignment with said initial eyelet holes e, e.

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A secondary bight recess b" is formed on i the opposite side ofthe plate C, for receiving thecordagek, lfrom said primary bight recess 5; and intermediate between the eyelet hole e, andsaid secondary bight recess b', is a groove o, into which' a bight ofthe cordage lo, maybe wedged as indicated more particularly in Fig. 6, of the drawings. Similar V slots la', 02, are formed on the opposite side of theplate C, below the eyelet e', and the primary bight recess b, and i function in like manner to pincha bight of the cordage 7c, forced therein.

In the modication shown in Fig. 2, the

eyelet e, is formed with an entrance le ,to facilitatethe insertion of the cordage; and in other ways the construction may be modified as to detail, without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect. v v Furtheimore the opposed edges of the V slots o, fv, o2, may be made concavo-convex l as indicated in Fig. 4,-ie., one edge being formed with a co-ncavity o2, and the opposed edge being formed with a convex surface c4, so as to more efectually grasp the cross section of cordageintroduced and forced into the groove.

Thus constructed my coupling plate C,

affords adequate and convenient means whereby the ends of cordage may be tautly secured as related to each other, or slack taken up and compensated for,'the device.

being obviously adapted to an infinite .variety of usesandpurposes, too numerous to mention specifically in detail,-the essential 'feature of the invention consisting in a coupling plate of the character designated formed with eyelets, bight recesses,

and'pinch grooves, substantially in the manner set forth. y

My device is reversible in the sense that it is adapted for use byl either right handed or left handed persons and in order attain the best practical results l is preferably wound in opposite directions as indicated in the drawings. i

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, i.

1. As an article of manufacture, a cordage hitch plate with eyelet holes at one edge, oppositely extended slots at opposite edges, and a bight recess at an edge, one of said eyelet holes having an open-ended inlet 5 thereinto to facilitate the insertion of the cordage.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cordage hitch plate with eyelet holes at one edge,

oppositely extended slots at opposite edgfgesa and al bight recess at an edge, said slots bel0 ing l/shaped and concave-convex as related to each other. v

CHRISTOPHER W. BAUER.

Witnesses:

DOROTHY M. CARMICHAEL, GEO. VM. MIATT. 

